Book Reviews

The Politics of Wishful Thinking: Deena Mohamed’s Shubeik Lubeik

The Politics of Wishful Thinking: Deena Mohamed’s Shubeik Lubeik

Katie Logan reviews the much-anticipated English version of the Egyptian graphic novel, a tour de force.

13 MARCH 2023 • By Katie Logan
In Search of Fathers: Raja Shehadeh’s Palestinian Memoir

In Search of Fathers: Raja Shehadeh’s Palestinian Memoir

Amal Ghandour reviews the new book from the author of "Palestinian Walks," "Occupation Diaries" and "Strangers in the...

13 MARCH 2023 • By Amal Ghandour
Finding Home, Finding Normal and The Myth of Normal

Finding Home, Finding Normal and The Myth of Normal

Sheana Ochoa reviews the new book from Gabor Maté which suggests that much of what today has become...

5 MARCH 2023 • By Sheana Ochoa
To Receive Asylum, You First Have to be Believed, and Accepted

To Receive Asylum, You First Have to be Believed, and Accepted

Mischa Geracoulis reviews the new book from Dina Nayeri on refugees and asylum seekers who must be believed...

5 MARCH 2023 • By Mischa Geracoulis
Becoming Palestine Imagines a Liberated Future

Becoming Palestine Imagines a Liberated Future

Katie Logan reviews the latest book from Gil Hochberg, which studies Palestinian archives and artists while imagining a...

27 FEBRUARY 2023 • By Katie Logan
Salman Rushdie’s Victory City: a Novel in Search of an Empire

Salman Rushdie’s Victory City: a Novel in Search of an Empire

Pushcart winner Anis Shivani reviews the latest novel by Salman Rushdie, who survived a nightmarish knife attack at...

20 FEBRUARY 2023 • By Anis Shivani
Yemen War Survivors Speak in What Have You Left Behind?

Yemen War Survivors Speak in What Have You Left Behind?

Saliha Haddad reviews the English translation of Bushra al-Maqtari's book of oral histories on those who survived the...

20 FEBRUARY 2023 • By Saliha Haddad
White Torture Prison Interviews Condemn Solitary Confinement

White Torture Prison Interviews Condemn Solitary Confinement

Kamin Mohammadi (no relation) has read Narges Mohammadi's new book, even as the author sits in Evin Prison,...

13 FEBRUARY 2023 • By Kamin Mohammadi
Arab Women’s War Stories, Oral Histories from Lebanon

Arab Women’s War Stories, Oral Histories from Lebanon

Evelyne Accad reviews a new book on Lebanese women and war, a collection of oral stories told in...

13 FEBRUARY 2023 • By Evelyne Accad
 The Watermelon Boys on Iraq, War, Colonization and Familial Love

 The Watermelon Boys on Iraq, War, Colonization and Familial Love

Rachel Campbell finds that Ruqaya Izzidien's debut novel set in Iraq provides counter-narratives to the country's early 20th-century...

5 FEBRUARY 2023 • By Rachel Campbell
Editor’s Picks: Magical Realism in Iranian Lit

Editor’s Picks: Magical Realism in Iranian Lit

Rana Asfour has selected four contemporary novels of Iranian literature for this special issue on Iran in TMR...

30 JANUARY 2023 • By Rana Asfour
Sabyl Ghoussoub Heads for Beirut in Search of Himself

Sabyl Ghoussoub Heads for Beirut in Search of Himself

Adil Bouhelal reviews the new novel from the author of "Le Nez Juif" with its exploration of Lebanon...

23 JANUARY 2023 • By Adil Bouhelal
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